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Santander to purchase Abbey National of UK
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| LONDON Banco Santander Central Hispano of Spain agreed Sunday night to buy Abbey National, a British bank, in a mostly stock deal worth more than £8.5 billion, according to two executives close to the negotiations. |
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Jul 26, 2004 03:07:02 |
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